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Bora Laskin, Canada's first Jewish Supreme Court justice, gets his own Heritage Minute

JL;DR SUMMARY The CJN Daily highlights a new Heritage Minute on Bora Laskin, Canada's first Jewish Supreme Court Justice, emphasizing his groundbreaking contributions to law, including women's and minority rights. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Supreme CourtWomen's RightsLabor LawCharter Of Rights And FreedomsCanadian HistoryBora LaskinHeritage MinuteJewish Canadian IdentityVictor Garber

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"So the legal scholar eked out a living writing and tutoring until he found a position teaching hundreds of budding young law students at the U of T, where that law library now bears his name."
London, Ontario, Canada
"Even though Garber didn't know much about Laskin at first, he said he was keen because of his own Jewish upbringing. in London, Ontario."
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
"Bora Laskin was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants to Fort William, now called Thunder Bay."
London, England, United Kingdom
"I was telephoned in London, England, where I was on a holiday in August of 1965 and asked whether I would be interested in the appointment of the Court of Appeal."
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
"I contacted a Jewish director that I knew and that I know, Charles Wall. And I met Charles in Halifax."
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